An Online Wagering Dictionary
Even though the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign on daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect employed in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is essential to knowing the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds necessary to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a number, or the first toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical amount as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.